"So, want to go find your friend or can I give you a ride home?" he asked as they walked through the crowd.

Battling her inner thoughts she fought out an "I'm sure she won't mind if I skip out early. Let me just send a text real quick and we'll go?" He nodded briefly before she dug into her purse, pulled out her phone and sent a text to Magi saying that she was going home and that Juice was giving her a ride. Immediately Magi sent a text back, her response was only exclamation marks along with heart eyed emoticons. Shaking her head by the response Nora hadn't bothered to reply. Obviously she was perfectly fine with her getting a ride from Juice.

Popping her phone back into her bag, she looked up at Juice "Alright, let's go."

Nodding he took a hold of her hand again as they skillfully maneuvered through the sea of people. When they had finally exited the area to the parking lot Nora had half expected that he'd actually drove a car but of course in the typical biker fashion a newly buffed motorbike sat along with several other bikes.

Looking over his bike there was only one small compartment that would hold one helmet "Do you have an extra helmet or anything?" she asked hoping she missed a spot.

Shaking his head, he bent down to unlock the small box and pulled out a single helmet "Sorry, I only got one. You can use it though." He said handing it to her. Taking it gratefully she expertly put the helmet on and tightened it accordingly. This gained her an appreciative smile and nod before he sat down on the bike. She'd ridden many bikes before, and this definitely wasn't the first time she'd been wearing a dress either. She'd never tell her Father but she'd secretly dated one of the prospects back in the day. Holding down the front of her dress with her purse she straddled the bike then instinctively wrapped her arms around Juice's waist as she shifted closer into his back. She'd be lying if she hadn't taken notice of how muscular his stomach was and how the leather seemed to cause a euphoric smell against his cologne.

"So, I'm taking you to the university right?" he asked looking over his shoulder.

"You bet."

Nodding he looked forward again "It's going to get really loud." He said before turning the ignition making the bike rumble to life from underneath them. Holding him closer he kicked the stand and slowly began to move out of the parking lot until they hit the paved road. It had been years since she'd been on the back of a bike; Nora had forgotten just how freeing it was. There was nothing holding you back from the open road. It was truly invigorating. Lost in the thoughts of the past Nora hadn't noticed the entrance of the university until he began to slow down. He motioned which way to go and Nora pointed forward towards the dorm building. Nodding, he slowly drove towards the building eventually coming to a complete stop.

People who remained outside gawked and whispered to one another. This hadn't shocked her as much as it should. She'd become desensitized by the way people looked in amazement. She'd gotten used to it ever since she was old enough to ride the back of her Father's bike.

Kicking the stand once fully stopped Nora slowly got off the bike as she made sure not to give an unwanted show to Juice or the small group of people who now pretended to focus on something else. "Thanks." she said taking the helmet off then passing it back to him.

"Of course." He said taking a hold of the helmet and plopped it onto his own head as he gave a goofy sort of smile.

"I had a lot of fun tonight." She awkwardly said. She'd never been this nervous throughout the night, but now, as she really looked down at him, she was struck with words.

"I'm glad you decided to stick around and not leave." He laughed softly.

"Me too." She bashfully replied. Looking forward she could see that Brad was standing at the door with a group of other onlookers. Her stomach fell when he gave her a questioning look followed by a very slow head shake. Looking back down at Juice she gave an apologetic smile, before blurting out "But, I should get going. Thanks again." Quickly she turned around and started to walk towards the dorm entrance.

"Hey wait, Nora!" she heard Juice yell from behind her. When she turned around Juice had already gotten off his bike and was now running towards her "If we're going to do this again we should at least exchange numbers." He laughed once standing in front of her. He was a lot taller than she was, and for that at least two sizes bigger than her. She wanted to wrap her arms around his lean yet muscular waist as he dipped down to place another soft kiss against her lips, much like he had when they were on the Ferris wheel earlier that night. Instead he had his phone out waiting for her to give him her number. Shaking her head and laughing she pulled out her own phone as they exchanged numbers with one another. Then with one final 'goodbye' they went their separate ways. When Nora had finally reached the front of the building Brad was leaning against the wall with a smirk spread across his face.

"Was that the coffee guy from earlier today?" he asked tiling his chin in the direction of Juice.

She watched Juice drive his bike through the campus and eventually disappearing into the night. Turning her attention back to Brad who was now standing straight with his arms crossed against his chest, she nodded "Yeah, turns out Magi's dating one of his friends."

His mouth opened then closed quickly as he shook his head in disbelief "Wait. Okay, before we talk about that how the Carnival was. My first question is, why is he driving you home? On his bike none the less. Have you even ridden a bike before?" he shot out question after question and all Nora could do was shake her head. She was not in the mood to answer these questions. What she wanted to do was go into her dorm room, lie on her bed and really take in what happened.

"Can we just talk about this tomorrow? I need to get out of this dress and into something a little more Me." she motioned to the dress she'd been wearing.

"Holy shit" Brad spat out "I hadn't even noticed. Jesus, you went all out tonight." He added with a short laugh before giving her an over exaggerated once over as he motioned to the dress. He stopped to point towards the small bear that poked its head out of her purse "Wait. He won you a bear?"

Completely forgetting the bear was there in the first place she glanced down and smiled "Yeah, you should see Magi's though." She said trying to get his mind off everything he was thinking of.

"I'm sure it's huge…Just like her personality." He stated bluntly and then paused before he took in a breath "So wait. Were you on a date? I mean, you wore a dress, that's not you and he won you something. Kind of seems like a date." He waved his hand in front her. Of course it would take Brad to point that out to her and as she began to tell herself it wasn't a date and was him just being nice she really thought about it. "I guess?" she knitted her brows in a confused agreement.

"Holy. Shit." He spat out again "Holy shit. You went on a date with a member of SAMCRO. What the hell, Nora?" he pointed towards the empty road "Don't date guys like that. They're no good." He stated firmly, just as her Dad had done every time she'd been interested in a guy. Giving an unintentional eye roll making him even more aggravated he placed his hands firmly on his hips as he towered over her "I'm serious, Nora. Don't fuck around with them."

Giving a small smile she patted his arm softly "Don't worry, Dad. It was one night, that's it."

Those words alone made his cheeks flush a deep red and then it passed as he let out a breath of air and began to laugh "Seriously? Dad?" wrapping an arm around her shoulders he shook his head "I'm far from a Dad. I just don't want to see one of my best friends get hurt and maybe I was seeing things but there was definitely some chemistry between the two of you." He pointed out like she hadn't known the whole time.

"I know in the end you're just looking out for me. But seriously, don't worry." She said leaning into his body as they walked into the building together.

"I'll try not to worry...no promises though" he gave a crooked smile as he looked down at her.

"Thank you"

When they had made it to their respective rooms, Nora gave a small wave goodbye before entering her room. She hadn't bothered to take her shoes off or throw the purse onto the bed; instead she pressed her back against the door, closed her eyes and smiled. Tonight had been one of the most amazing nights of her life since living in Charming. She felt free, like she had in the past. With eyes still closed she reached into her purse, took the bear out and held it close to her chest. This was exactly what she needed, a fresh start in a new town where no one knew who she really was. Not even the people she had to avoid in the first place.

The phone chimed at that moment and a part of her wondered if it were Juice saying that he had a great night and was planning the next outing.

In reality it would be Magi asking all the details of the night. Pulling her phone out she smiled at how right she was. Magi wrote in capital letters "TELL ME EVERYTHING!"

Alright guys. Should I keep this up? Not that I'm begging for reviews or anything. Just want to make sure you are all enjoying.